Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Ellie Kemper is smiling her way to success

Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt topped countless polls for the best TV show of 2015. Shilpa Ganatra interviews its star, Ellie Kemper.

IF THE permasmiling Ellie Kemper seems made for the title role in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, well, it’s actually the other way around.

Legend has it that a top NBC exec was so impressed by Ellie Kemper’s performances as ditzy Erin in the American version of The Office and prim wife Becca in Bridesmaids that he convinced the Goddess of Sitcoms, Tina Fey, to develop a show especially for her.